MEANING
1. To estimate an unknown value within the range of known values or observations.
2. To insert additional words or material into an existing text, sequence, or discussion.
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Words that belong together
- interpolate between points
- interpolate a value
- linear interpolation
On the page
The program interpolates temperatures between the recorded measurements.
We interpolated the missing value using its two neighbors.
The analyst refused to interpolate across a gap with no defensible model.
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Word forms
- Base
- interpolate
- Past tense
- interpolated
- Past participle
- interpolated
- Present participle
- interpolating
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- interpolate
- Present continuous
- am/is/are interpolating
- Present perfect
- have/has interpolated
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been interpolating
- Past
- interpolated
- Past continuous
- was/were interpolating
- Past perfect
- had interpolated
- Past perfect continuous
- had been interpolating
- Future
- will interpolate
- Future continuous
- will be interpolating
- Future perfect
- will have interpolated
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been interpolating
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Usage notes
Primary category: academic. Forms: interpolate; interpolates; interpolated; interpolated; interpolating Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: interpolates.
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